how to automate the opening of a document?

English Programming/Scripting
#1

I’d like my spreadsheet to open everyday at a specific time. So i created the following cron job:

54 12 * * 1-4 oocalc /home/SIVECO/fdt/Documents/support/incidents.xls

At the specified time, my spreadsheet does not appear. Other cron jobs run OK. Could it be that cron cannot run graphic programs?

#2

Yes, your cron job doesn’t run in an X environment and doesn’t know if you in fact have an X server running at that time on that machine.

#3

A thread dealing with similar issue here. Hope its relevant. :slight_smile:

#4

Thank you all
yes, you are right, my cron job did not work because my job needs an X server.
And yes, your link to the other thread is relevant.

Here is the solution:

[FONT=“Fixedsys”]54 12 * * 1-4 export DISPLAY=:0 && oocalc /home/SIVECO/fdt/Documents/support/incidents.xls

The ‘export DISPLAY=:0 &&’ does the trick.[/FONT]